winter storm alerts are up for six southwestern states. farther north, heavy rains have been causing problems in the bay area turning feways into lakes and making driving treacheherous as you can see. residents have been sandbagging their homes as a hedge against potentially rising floodwaters. more rain we are told on the way. abc's -- accuweather's justin povick has the latest right now from accuweather for us. good morning. >> kayna and kendis, good morning to you, as well. stormy conditions. that's status quo here in the southwest. another big storm system pounding surf expected. soaking showers and some very heavy almost crippling mountain snow. there is going to be the rickk for mud slides and avalanches throughout the next 12 to 24 hours.s. soaking showers in the arklatex. the gulf coast dodging gusty thunderstorms, as well along the interstate 10 and the. >> 20 corridor. later on this weekend, we're concerned about a big storm impacting the northeast.

going to be heavy rainfall. along with some gusty winds into sunday night. kayna and kendis, let's toss it back over to you. >> thank you. so a new battle has broken out over same-sex marriage this time in alabama. the state's chief justice is ordering all judges not to i shall marriage licenses to gay couples in direct defiance of a u.s. supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. >> macy's plans big cuts. the largest department store chain is clong three dozen stores and cutting 4500 jobs. about 3,000 of those will be sales clerks. it blames warm weather and the strong dollar for disappointing lol day sales down nearly 5%. that's the sharpest decline since the recession. cuts are reportedly coming to yahoo!. business insider reporting it will lay off at least 10% of its workforce, roughly more ththan 1,000 people. one major investor, only wants a

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federal grand jury subpoena. the u.s. attorney's office and the fda e on the case. >> the news that a subpoena was issued to chipotle is not surpring in and of itself, because the department of justice is taking this so seriously, and it is definitely on their radar. >> reporter: the norovirus outbreak here first flagged august 20th. the restaurant was closed foa clean. a chipotle spokesperson told us, "as a matter of policy, we don't discuss pending legal action, but we will cooperate fully with this investigation." sales plunging 30% in december, after several highly publicized foodborne illness outbreaks. just lt month, more than 140 people laid low by norovirus in boston, following a salmonella outbreak in minnesota and two e. coli outbreaks in 12 states. since then, chipotle has made fundamental changes in the way vegetables are chopped, how chicken is marinated. now, even dipping all onions in boiling water.

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skinny, so skinny okay. fit up on the "skinny," last night's people's choice awards. >> we had fans weighing in on their favorites frorom all around the world, pop culture. th big moment of the evening coming when vin diesel accepted the award for favorite movie of the ye. >> he g got rlly emotional citing are the loss of his co-star paul walker and then closing his speech by singing a line from the movie's h song. > oh. it's been a long day without you, my friend and i'll tell you all about it wh i see you again >> sing it, brother, sing it. we're loving it. >> how sweet. it's emotional for him. >> it has been emotional. it's great that ththe fans loved that movie, as well. >> that it gotchosen, absolutetely. >> the other big moment of the

interrupted the ladies. >> i love it. >> of the talk" duringheir acceptance speech pepep didn't get much out before cheryl underwood kicked him off the stage ripped the mike back saying you're not gog to pull no steve harvey up inin here. not today, jesus. >> i think that we feel. >> they continued on. >> oh, that was so good. that was handled so well. no, no, you're not taking over our moment. >> not at all. >> for yearsrs now, we've known that the music industry isn't doing quite as well as it used to. and nielsen is showing how exactly it's changing. it's no surprise tha 2015's largest release was adele's album "25" totally eight million units. most surprising is how we're listening and discovering new music. >> vinyl sales up f from las year 30%. streaming music got a bigger bumpmp, 93% from last year with 317 billion.

might be surprised to know that radio is still the number one source of music discovery. so see, newspapers you have a future. >> right. i love it. also. >> comeback. so next donald trump proving that even though he is running for president, there is no twitter feud that is too small for him. so actor samuel l. jackson was asked in an interview who is a better golfer, he or trump. >> jackson responded by saying i am for sure. i don't cheat. trump apparently caught wind of this and did what he normally does when he gets annoyed by somebody. he took to twitter. and trump tweeted here, i don't know samuel l. jackson to the best of my knowlee, i haven't played golf with him and think he doeoes too many tv commercials. boring, not a fan. >> later trump must have remembered tweeting i don't tweet at golf but samuel l. jackson cheated at his game. trump added heoesn't like jackson's swing saying it's not

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and nicolas guess key air for the opportunity to impact this world. >> we are seeing an evolution and we're also seeing fashion do what fashion loves to do which is to play with our expectations to t tug on our prejudices and top surprise us. >> reporter: in a press release, is the company saying jayden represents a generation that has assimilated the codes of true freedom wearing a s skirt com as naturally to him as it would to a woman. the 17-year-old is known for stretching fashion boundaries from rocking dress-like outfits to dressing up as batman for the prom. his dad will smith telling ellen how he and his wife jada support all thr children's choices. >> we decided a long time ago it's sort of better to flow with what people are naturally more than like what our egos need them to be. >> jayden telling gq in june, i'm expressing how i feel inside which is really no particular

changes how i feel about the world and myself. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. wow, i think that's interesting. he always does have so much support from his parents either way. >> he does. >> men's fashion revolutionn maybe. >> absolutely. maybe we'llll wear a kilt or something. >> maybe you. >> oh, i would be screaming, too. what in the world? >> you're going to fall down in your dress. >> what in the world is that outfit? i look sort of like a cross from run-d.m.c. from the '80s and

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that we're following this morning on "world news now." no winner in last night's drawing. so that means as it rolls over to saturday's game with a jackpot heading for the record more about what you can expect in just a moment. >> congressional republicans have made good on a campaign promise voting to repeal obamacare and cut off funding for planned parenthood. president obama has already saidd will veto the bill. >> ather quiuickened t the trading day for china's stock market. shares were down more than 7% triggering an automatic shutwn. investors are worried about china's economy. and a man tried to crash a party at last night's people's choice awards climbing on sta while the hosts of the talk" were accepting their award. sharon osbourne dispatching him with that kick. those are some of the top stories on this is thursday, january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news,

>> we begin this half hour with the power play ball lottery which turned out to be a big disan buttonment to win it all. >> the good news for saturday's game has really ballooned into an estimated $675 million. that by the way, the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. powealdevelopedoors were busy selling tickets right up ll last night's drawing. millions of people hoping for a chance to get rich quick. now those dreams have to wait till saturday. >> if had you been holding that winning ticket, 2, 11, 47 is, 662, 63, powerba number 17. >> as of last night, your odds of winning was 292 million, 1 in 292 million. so your odds of winning saturday's jackpot is even greater. >> whoa. the mathematician has spoken, folks.

>> y you're a human calculator. >> so the jackpot will be at least $675 milln. we'll all be buying tickets and crying come saturday at 11:00. >> i'm going to be cheering. the other b big story lot of peop are paying attention to, a third wave ofl nino fueled storms raking across southern california. >> my husband says he's never seen rain like this four days of relentless rain las flooded freeways trigger the mud slides and the parched fire zones. it's not over. our coverage begins now with abc's matt gutma >> wow, look at that. >> reporter: the rain pummeling california. this freeway under water. the deluge stranding cars. this truck pushing one under a bridge. strong storms snapping power lines and downing trees, pinning cars. and snarling traffic. nearly two dozen weather-related crashes reported. those el nino storms deliverg so much volume. breaking throuough the wls of that l.a. restaurant. in old town san diego, the water

storm drains turned into geysers and roadways into rivers. >> i felt my car slightly lift off and i just felt all the water and then i was like, i can't -- i can't m move. >> reporter: a record number of acres have burned this fire season, leaving mountains like that barren. it's like water hitting a parking lot. the result? mud like this, and more mudslides and floods head this way. and in their path, these neighborhoods. the mud breaking throuough barriers, threatening ed hindline's house. >> this is the end game. we're going to have terrible mudslides and clean it up. or we're going to have a mudslide that's going to hit and it's going to knock the house off the foundation. we'll probably lose the home. >> reporter: this is the l.a. river normally just an electrical of water in a concte canyon. but because of all of this rain, it is now surging with 150 times its average amount of water. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> wow, that's a place we're both familiar with. >> we know that location in

that is impressive to see the river like that. >> i've seen it completely dry at times. a drickal of water, that's a full river now. so it is really one storm after another hitting the west coast. >> and the radar shows a wide region getting hit from northerern california to phoenix. accuweather's justin povick is tracking it al justin what, do you know? >> kayna and ndis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. another storm system impacting the southwest here late week on thursday, this one too bringg with it an equally strong punch with wind, heavy mountain snow and soaking flooding ras. the rains will be confined to the lower elevations but travel delays continue from san francisco to l.a. and points eastbound. eventually this storm system will take shape over the northern plains where it will indeed be cold enough for some snow and some of that can be heavy as we ahead into the dakotas. this taking shape later on today but especially into tomororrow into portions of minnesota. for the weekend, this is rare january we're talking about

and a a b rainstorm for the northeast. kayna and kendis, back to you. >>ious tin, thank you. on nowow to the neighbor and the accused accomplice of the terror couple who carried out the san bernardino attacks pleading not guilt. enrique marquez is accused of buying rifles used in that attack and for conspireing to provide material support to terrorists. the judge ordered him to stand trial next month. if convicted he could face 50 years behind bars. the texas texas state trooper in the middle of a controversial traffic stop has been charged. brian ensignenia faces perjury charges and dismissal accused of lying how he removed sandra bland from her car back in july. she was found three days later dead in her jail ll. grand jury decided not to charge police or jailers in connection with the death which was ruled a suicide. >> los angeles prosecutorsrs wl not chaharge bill cosby with sexually abusing two teenagers.

alleged assaults in 2008 and 1965. prosecutors say there was lack of evidence and too much time had passed. the decision follows the criminal charges filed in a 2004 case against cosby in pennsylvania. that case cosby's lawyers insist he will be cleared of. also, a hospital in had tallahassee, florida, is under fire now for tossing out a woman who desperately needed medical help, ignoring her pleas as she collapsed on the pavement of the parking lot and the police officer who dragged her out reportedly said that she was faking it. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this disturbing dash cam video released tonight from outside this hospital in the florida panhandle is mostly sounds. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: but you can clearly hear the painful cries of this woman, 57-year-old barbara dawson, as police and medical staff were throwing her out of the building december 21st. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: she was begging them to stay, but the medical professionals who had seen her

anythingas wrong. >> please, sir. >> would you please put your hands -- >> give me another chance. >> they begged y to leave and you wouldn't do it. >> reporter: as they put her in handcuffs, which you can see in these photos, she kept saying she couldn't breathe. >> you haven't been hooked up for awhile and you've been breathing just fine. >> reporter: what no one knew, only confirmed later by an autopsy, was that a blood clot in her lung was killing her. her family says there are no words and they plan to sue. >> we want justice for barbara, so ts will not happen to anyone else. >> reporter: in statements, the police are saying that their officer isn't a trained medical professional, anand did hijob. while the hospital is saying that their thoughts and prayers are with the family. the family, of course, is wishing they werere this thoughtful a little earlier. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> now to a developing story out of syria where ridents of one besiegedown say they are literally being starved to death.

trapped inside the town under tight guard by forces loyal to president bashar al assad. many families are said to be so desperate they're eating grass and leaves and killing and eating their pets. wow. >> alson paris, memorials are being held today remembering the 17 people killed in e "charlie hebdo" attacks. exactly a year ago. french president francois hollande was there for the ceremonies but this morning, the vatican calling an the cover of the magazine's anniversary issue behalf fa mus. the magazine suggests that god is the real assassin saying the very idea of god is what fueled the hatred leading to the attacks. staying overseas there are no doubtsbout north korea's bombshell announcements. still, the explosion was condemned by the united nations security council and others even china appearing upset and supported the u.n. resolution.

korea's strongest ally on the council will allow new economic sanctions. a major develment from the pentagon honoring american heroes. the department of defense is reviewing more th 111100 medals awarded since 9/11 posbly upgrading some to the medal of honor. the pentagon is recognizing servicemen and women for their courage in coat. 17 medals of honor have beeeen awarded to iraq and afghanistan service members since 2001. bad news for the oil industry but good news for you. crude oil prices plunged again yesterday some hitting their lowest point since the recession. it was more because of falli demand than any problems in the mideast. analysts say the drop could mean another ten cents a gallon less for gasoline. the national average this morning is around $2. >> a mystery solved in dntown chicago over the sudden appearance o of an igloo. >> it's a bit of a ramshackle structure seemingly came out of

turning up in the median inside the famed loop. so people at first thought that it was built by a hopeless person. >> yeah, but as it turns out, it's the products of a man named david sudler who lives in a high-rise across the street. it took him 15 hours to saw and chisel sheets of ice and haul them into place. >> i feel like that's kind of cool. >> it is kind of cool. mystery solved. >> how much time do you think he's spending in there instead of his high-rise? >> zero. zero. >> a bit of touristttraction now. >> coming up, birthday wishes from you to us as "world news now" celebrates 24ears on the air. >> my, oh my. also ahead, get your geek on at this week's consumer electronics show where the developers are bringing virtual reality to the masses. get our take on the big reveals. >> outrage at the airport after a 10-year-old girl pulled aside for a security guard's patdown.

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here's abc's david kerley. >> a 10-year-olold gir patted down by a tsa officer. her father watching and recording. >> it was excessive. it was invasive. i was pretty much boiling, y know, in my head >> reporter: at the raleigh airport two days before the new year, a juice pouch inside his daughter's bag set off an alarm. then, a phone from that bag falsely tested positive for explosives, leading to the pat-down. >> i was very unhappy with it and i was confused. >> reporter: that pat-down lasting 1 minute, 48 seconds. >> thank you for your patience. i appreciate it. >> okay. thank you for doing your job. >> reporter: tsa, in a statement, says its procedures allow a pat-down of a child under certain circumstances, and that this pat-down followed approved procedures. >> getting screened by the tsa. >> reporter: payne says he complied at security, but after returning home became convinced tsa policy should change. payne did not fill out an online

he says he's working with his local congressman to deliver a complaint directly to the tsa. david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. >> so before he brought it to our attention, he actually put it on youtube to see what other people's reaction was. he was upset but wasn't sure if he was overreact package. it's been mixed. someme people saying i'd rather be safe than sorry. >> i think i've sn young kids get patted down before. >> they've changed their policies to make it so that that doesn't happy very oen but it does. >> please continue to accepted your comments to us. coming up, the top tech gadgets of 2016 being rolled out the consumer electronics show. >> our tech clinter is here with the big headlines out of vegas. that's next on "world news now."

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the most buzzed about items, trina trinh. welcome. we're so happy to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> we've been seeing previews.s. what's the coolest thing so far? >> the biggest news is okay cue lis ripped is finally here. the virtual reality headset you can finally order. >> i have a couple questions about it. >> what is virtual reality. >> what is it and how much is it? >> virtual reality is kind of hard to explain if you haven't experienced before. it's basically being immersed in a virtual world whehethert's a video game world or the real world. and being able to experience it really in-depth, feel likee you're really there on the ground. abc news had a really awesome virtual reality app where you were transported to north korea kra just by putting on this headset and then sticking in some headphones or headphones and you were literally on the ground there. >> you could spin around 360. >> see everything up, belolow, left, right. the view is amazing.

there. that's the most cool thing about it. the price tag, a little bit of sticker shock there. the okay cue lis rift is going to retl for $600. >> what? is there gold in that? >> yeah. >> so it's not for the faint of heart. there are cheaper rsions, too. >> something kendis and i are both interested is the wearable tech. especially fitness technology available out there. >> we saw a lot of fitness trackers, smart watches so far. there's more of the same but now ththe diffence is that you're going to see a lot more integrated smart waives that are part of like clothing items that you wear every day. >> a smart bra. >> there's smart braz, samsung came out with a smart belt. this will unfortunately report your waistt size to you every day. >> no! >> if you're watching your weight and trying to get better about being on track, staying fit, this belt that you can wear with like a regular pair of

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>> the back to back storms causing floods and mudslides across california and yet another el nino storm slamming the coast. get today's warning from accuweather. >> campaign conflict. ted cruz born in canada and gettin heat from donald trump. the political battle and the explanation from cz. f football warnings. the wife of a 25-year-old college athlete, the victim of severe brain trauma has an important message about safety on field. first breaking newsbout the $524 million powerball drawing just hours ago. we didn't win. neither did you, by the way. the bibig newshis morning, about the next jackpot. it's thursday, januaryth. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." oh, good morning, everybody. it's thursday. i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. and if you happen to be holding

then you might as well as just do what i'm goingng to do. w many numbers did we get right? >> we got zero. >> zeroro. it's worth about this much. i thought it would be a lot more dramatic than that. >> sting next to you is kind of dramatic. wish everybody could have witnessed the setup that this took. >> it's always bigner person. >> ah. >> on tv, it just doesn't translate. >> i prosecutor appreciate your enthusiasm. we'll try again for saturday. >> don't pull a muscle. >> or a hernia. too late. yeah, i mean, $675 million the big jackpot. >> i'm buying another one. >> yeah, of course we will. >> so you get another chance saturday because the prizes he said wil be an estimated $675 million. the largest jackpot in u.s. history and up till last night's drawing players wereut in forcee buying a shot at financial freedom hoping they would have the right combination of numbers for that winning ticket.

>> just so you know the wins numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 ran the powerball was 17. >> much more about our frenzy ahead. the numbers you should pick also and the ones you should skip when you buy your next ticket. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. >> our other major story. a lot of people on the west coast paying attention to this. a third el nino fueled storm california. >> the heavy rains triggered mud slides, flooded roads. multiple lanes of the 5 freeway in the san fernando he valley were closed for several hours. looked like they turned the freeway into a canal. >> farther north, heavy rains in the bay area have been making driving treacherous. sand bags are on stand by and more rain on the way. abc's brandi hitt leads off our coverage this morning. >> repter: a super soaking in southern california.

>> reporter: heavy downpours flooding roads and entire freeways. >> it's down to just the left lane open. >> reporter: leaving drivers stranded many with the same story. >> saw cars going through it. so i thought oh, i'm fine. >> reporter: look at thihis big rig rescue a smaer car. this driver got a push from the highway patrol. the back to back el nino storms delivering so much rain, water broke through the walls of this restaurant. the saturated ground toppling one tree after the next on to cars as emergency crews also rescue the homeless kicked out along fast rising rivers. >> we was overcome by water. waist to chest deep water and they were hypothermic. >> reporter: the concern now mud slides at recent wildfire burn areas, sliding mud is threatening homes. many families hoping sand bags will save them and while this cell tries to protect rescue dogs in ventura, others are using the heavy rain and mud to their advantage.

woods yet. more rain is in sore this week. a welcome sight for drought stricken california but too much too fast. and this is what happens, kendis and kayna. >> brandi, thank you so much. the system so powerful it actually unleashed waterspouts. >> one by one. look at this. the funnels were spotted off the coast of san diego but did not move ashore. there were several of them there. accuweather's justin povick has the latest storm warnings. good morning. >> kayna and kendis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. we're tracking more storminess. hard to believe in the southwest. again on this thursday. very active be storm track. tracking heavy rain in the valleys and very heavy snow continuing in the mountainous terrain. lots of travel delays coming up. south pins and the gulf coast region looking at gusty thundersrstorms, awell with soaking showers. kayna and kendis, back tyou. >> justin, thank you. breaking overnight for the second time this week, tradiding

about a half an hour after the exchange opened the shanghai index down more than 7% triggering the shutdown and as was the case monday it was because of worries about china's economy. the central bank again devalued the country's currency and this morning other asian marks are down. >> north korea's claim of a nuclear bomb test doesn't seem to be a factor in the stock market slide perhaps because there are doubts it ever happened. the white house doesn't believe the claim. the uts u.s. immediately launched so the called nuclear sniffer planes to determine whether the claims are true. already many are skeptical. >> the reported size of the detonation is relatively modest, comparable to the tests that north korea carried out in 2013 which i think led many experts to assume this is in fact probably a much cruder device rather than a fully fledged hydrogen bomb. >> the question now this

chief bacr china is willing to allow stiffer sanctions as punishment. a bill to repeal obamacare is heading for the president's desk where h he's sure to veto it. it also blocks funding for planned parenthood. it was a straight party line prettymuch. neither margin was enough to overturn the veto. however, democrats say it's political theater. >> moving to more political theater but on the campaign ail. donald trump is now shiing his cus for the moment 'away from the clintons and to his closest challenger, ted cruz. he's now asking the same questions of the texas senator obama. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump saying his toughest challenger, senator ted cruz, has a, quote, cloud over his head. >> do yobelieve senator r ted >> i don't know. to be honest. >> reporter: trump now warning democrats will make an issue of the fact that cruz was born in canada. >> he's got this cloud over his head. possible for him to do very

i don't think it's actually possible for the republicans to let it happen, because he'll have this cloud. >> reporter: in iowa, cruz, whose mother is an american citizen, firing back. >> the child of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. people will continue to make political noise about it, but as a legal matter, it is quite straightforward. >> reporter: trump famously used the birther issue against president obama, challenging him to prove he wasn't born in keny but just last year, trump himself told abc news that cruz doesn't have a problem. >> it's fine. i hear that it was checked out by every attorney and every which way and i understand ted is in fine shape. >> reporter: but back then, cruz was trailing badly. some polls have cruz leading in iowa, and we were one-on-one with him on his campaign bus, asking about trump. >> my view if others. >> if he sees you as athreat. >> you'd have to ask him that. >> cruz has tried his best to ignore trump's attack..

energizing iowa republicans and his consecutive base. we were there when a woman broke down in tears just talking to him. >> but some republicans worry cruz is too bow lar rising unwilling to compromise with congress to win in a natiol election. >> donald trump says a judge could settle this whole issue but at the time cruz is not taking the bait. he says the issue is settled. if he's elected he can become president by law. tom llamas, abc news, spencer, iowa. >> on the democratic side all three presidential cdidates turned out for a dinner in las vegas last night co-hosted by harry roid. however, it was not a debate. hillary clinton, vermont senator bernie sanders and martin o'malley each made their case to a friendly audience about their plans to grow the middle class, protect medicare and social security and create jobs. >> the picks and snubs of baseball's hall of fame have sparked debate in the sports

ken griffey junior picked up the highest total ever. 630 home runs, also voted in mike piazza, considered the game's greatest hititting catcher. not making it to coopers town this year, can barry bonds and then seven-cy young award winner roger clemens both tainted by steroid use. i saw a lot of congratulations for ken griffey junior. apapparently he had to wait almost 30 call for the call. they have video of him s sitting there wait for the call. >> sammy sosa got 31 more votes than the rest of us would have got. >> and also a good point. coming up " "the mix, the hidden stash of cash cleed up and the hung dog in big trouble be. >> we're returning to our top story, the anticipation leading to last night's powerball drawing and the in ubs to pick for this week's jackpot.

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this is a three-story victorian and the roofing beneath him gaveway. nearly engulfing him. amazingly though he was able to scramble to safety. he didn't have a scratch on him thanks in part to crew mates who helped himim on to a ladder and away from danger. that's incredible. that could have turned out so much differently. so differently. over the past year, we've been reporting on the dangers hated with football on the ain. we have seen young players suddenlyly die and retire pros from a degenerative disease called ct >> it's not just professional players who can suffer from this serious disease. ryan smith with more. >> i didn't know why all this was happening to him. >> cassandra kek knows how football can change lives. >> it hurt me to see him struggle so much. >> her husband michael died two years ago at just 25 years old of a congenital heart ailment. doctors announcing this wk in

from cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy a degenerative brain disease connected to taking hits on the football field. >> he was certainly the worst case i've seen with this disease under the age of 30. >> ann mcgee has studied over 1 0 brains including michael's. >> when you see this disease in a person that young, it's surprising evenn shocking. > cte identified only after death has been found in numerous nfl players like hall of famers frank gifford and junior seau and is rarely seen in amateur players like michael kek. but experts say moments like these show amateurs aren't immune to the perils of conct football. look at this video. a hit michael told cassandra was onee of his hardest. he flies a at an oonent, slamming into him. collideing with such force, parts

>> cassandra says he abruptly quit college football after suffering one too many hard hits. >> he was seeing stars and had sensitivity to light all the time. he had a l lot of anger. it was impulsive. >> they turned to doctors. but she says test results came up empty. >> i was so mad that nobody could help him. it was upsetting he felt so alone. >> her life now changed forever. her 5-year-old son too young to remember his dad. >> first thing i thought of when he decide, he won't get to ever meet him. >> but she says michael did not die in vain. >> letting people know that this disease is out there. youon't know how many hits or how many concussions away you are from getting a disease like there. that's whae what's so scary. it could happen to anyone. >> ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> if it's happening to a 25-year-old, it could happen to anyone. coming up, more heartburn for chipotle. the restaurant now in the middle of a criminal investigation after hundreds of people were

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was capvating tv in the uk and all across the world yesterday. you know, they've had a lotf rain lately in the uk. and this is what enthralled tens of thousands of people. this paris scope of a puddle in new castle in the middle of the country there in the north. it just how people would navigate this. this is gripping must see television. >> everyone's part of i like to watch people fall down club. >> no, they have differentnt techniques. difffferent pple would run across i and jump across it. there's a particular guy who used a floatie to get across it. we have that photo. way to go. this was so popular and it was a surprise that so many people were tuning into this perry ope. ben sherwood is now looking at this as a possible primetime show for abc come next year. >> i love that. i likehe sign they put in the middle. so spouses out tre, do you ever hide money from the other one?

this guy in china tried to hide more than $500 from h wife. hid it in their couch. >> okay. makes sense. >> then they're taking care of somebody's dog. >> oh. >> and the dog g got into the couch. and then destroyed all of the money. again, this is in china. so you're not looking at american dollars there. you're looking at $500 just shredded by this dog. i mean, maybe you shouldn't have covered it in peanut butter. i don't know. >> is that what he did? >> tells his wife about it by the way, and i guess she wasn't mad. >> i have one question about this. one. why did the -- why did he hide it from his wife? >> he didn't say. all he would say is that i hid it from her. d not want to elaborate why. he was a smart guy, he would say he was saving to buy her something pretty. >> take a look at this 10-year-old prodigy. this young girl in the uk is now

classical music agency. shoo she's incrcredible >> sounds pretty good. she's been playing the violin and the piano since she was 2 and 3 years old. way to go. good luck. >> also, move over gmpy cat. we want to introduce everybody to pearl. pearl is apparently the angry cat.care scary. those dark dark eyes. anybody watch trueblood out there? apparently she's adopted 6 years owed to a family that loves her. they say she's very sweet. can the cat garner the internet fame grumpy cat has. >> sheoesn't look like that angry.

>> that's breaking news s on "worlnews now." record jackpot.

million powerball prize. the eye-popping amount of money up for grabs this saturday. >> extreme weather flooding downpours drenching california from one end of the state to the other. now other parts of the country are bracing for el nino's worst. >> and new this half hour, chipotle in deep trouble. >> the norovirus outbreak linked to hundreds of illnesses. the investigation into chipotle could move now from the kitchen to the courtroom. anlater in "the skinny," songs and tears from tough guy vin diesel. what led to emotional moments on stage at the people's choice awards. it is thursday, january -- , sing it, vin -- january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world newnow." >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's thursday. by the way, thursday is my favorite day. favorite day of the week. >> why? friday eve?

it attached to friday. >> it's also attached to hump day. >> butut i'm movg forward. and yojust wanted an excuse to say hump day. >> i'm kayna whitworth. >> i'm kendis gibson. we're going to start this half hour, of course, with the disappointment or the excitement would you say? >> we're going to go positive on this. >> we're going to go positive. >> the excitement in having more than half a billion dollars up for grabs come this saturday because o of last night's powerball jackpopot. >> he's so excited that the drawing was a bust. so saturday's prize swells to an estimated $675 million. >> exactly. >> the largest jackpot in u.s. history. so still last night's prize no slouch. it was the sixth largest jackpot ever. powerball players were buying tickets up until the very last minute. unfortunately the odds against them one in about 292 million. >> i assume those odds are increasing right about now. if you have been holding that winning ticket, the numbers are really cute numbers. it's great to look at. they really mean absolutely nothing fothe vast majority of

>> so weird. >> is that so depressing? unless you're a partial winner. >> several people, i feel like winning a million dollars i would be so excited about that. >> i would, too. >> after taxes, baby mamas, you know, you're probably down to like $200,000. >> you got problems, man. >> also making news this morning, the world versus north korea. even the north's key ally china has joint in a u.n. security council condemnation. >> so the north claims it has tested its fourth nuclear device. more powerful than any of the others. more now from abc's marci gonzales. >> reporter: north koreaea's alarming claim. that it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time sparking condemnation from around the world. >> i demd the dprk cease any further nuclear activities. >> reporter: the u.n. security council holding an emergency meeting after the televised

magnitude earthquake near north korea's testing facility was caused by a weapon th can be a thousand times more powerful atomic bomombs like those dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in world war ii. the u.s. immediately launched so-called nuclear sniffer planes to determine whether the claim is true. >> the national analysis is not consistent with the north korean claims of a successful hydrogen bomb test. >> reporter: if the claim is later confirmed, this would be north koa's fourth time testing a nuclear weapon since 2006 but the first time testing a thermonuclear weapon. experts are doubtful explaining explosive results were too small to be from even a failed hydrogen bomb test. >> they're bragging, puffing themselves u they don't have the capability to obliterate the korean peninsula. the bad news is that they're trying.

already heavily sanctioned, the u.u.n. secity council vows to take further significant measures though they didn't give any specs. kendis and kayna. >> thank you so much. so there -- there was another automatitic shutdo of china's main stock market this morning. the shanghai index down more than 7% and nonot becausof north korea but because china's central bank again devalued the currency. investors see it as another sign of problems in china's economy. right now other asian markets are also down. and former cia director david petraeus spent four hours behind closed doors answering questitions abouthe benghazi attacks, and there were apparently no surprises. democratic congressman adadam schiff says that pet tray yuts's testimonyesterday was consistent with what he told congressional investigators more than two years ago when he debunked conspiracy theories. those assaults in libya four years ago killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> in what democrats are calling political theater, congressional

obamacare and defund planned parenthood. the bill is now heading for certain veto by president obama. abc's kenneth moton reports on the political fight. >> reporter: repealing president obama's signature health care law. stripping away federal funding for planned parenthood. the fight continues in the gop-p-controll congress. >> with this bill, we are standing for life. we are confronting the president with the hard honest truth, obamacare doesn't work. >> reporter: there have been morehan 60 unsuccessful attempts by republicans to dismantle the affordable care act, but this is the first time a repeal wilill reach e president. it's sure to be met with veto. the battle against plant parenthood intensified months ago when activists claimed they were selling fetal tissue for profit. reblicans insist taking action on planted parenthood and

to their constituents. >> it is a new year, a new day and as the speaker said it's going to be a new agenda to make sure america is confident again. >> republican and democratic presidential candidates highlighting the clear choice facing voters in november. >> no one's ever won in new jersey being pro-life. you can't be pro-life but i am. >> i will defend the affordable care act which the republicans are trying to repeal but they never tell you what they would put in its place. >> once the president vetoes the bill, gop leaders plan to schedule an overri vote to coincide with the anti-abortion right for life event here in washington later this month. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >> we'll turn to the extreme weather in the west where a third el nino fueled storm has been slamming california. the heavy rains turned roads into raging g rivers a triggered mud slides, as well. as of yesterday, l.a. has seen nearly 2 inches of rain since sunday. and pasadena has seen nearly 3 inches. the storm is now heading into the rockies where heavy mountain snow is expected. wintertorm alerts are up for

farther north, heavy rains have been causing problems in the bay area turning freeways into lakes and d making dving treacherous as you can s see. residents have been sandbagging their homes as a hedge against potentially rising floodwaters. more rain we are told on the way. abc's -- accuweather's justin povick has the latest right now from accuweather for us. good morning. >> kayna and kendis, good momorning toou, as well. stormy conditions. that's status quo here in the southwest. another big storm system pounding surf expected. soaking showers and some very heavy almost crippling mountain snow. there is going to be the risk for mud slides and avalanches throughout the next 12 to 24 hours. soaking showers in the arklatex. the gulf coast dodging gusty thunderstorms, as well along the interstate 10 and the i-20 corridor. later on this weekend, we're concerned about a big storm impacting the northeast. it's january but this is mostly

along with some gusty winds into sunday night. kayna and kendis, let's toss it back over to you. >> thank you. so a new battle has broken out over same-sex marriage this time in alabama. the state's chief justice is ordeng all judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in direct defiance of a u.s. supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. >> macy's plans big cuts. the largest department store ain is closing three dozen about 3,000 of those will be sales clerks. it blames warm weather and the strong dollar for disappointing holiday sales down nearly 5%. that's the sharpest decline since the recession. cuts are reportedly coming to yahoo! business insider reporting it will lay off at least 10% of its workforce, roughly more than 1,000 people.

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>> all righty. a pennsylvania high school basketball coach who used his he during a game has been placed on leave. take a look. jerry divine allegedly headbutted a referee during a disagreement over a foul call. he was ejected from the game and maybe ejected from both coaching and teaching special education. the school's website says the focus of that school's program includes respect and responsibility. >> wow. so the chipotle restaurant chain is reeling aer one illness outbreak after another. >> yeah. so far, it's been health officials looking into the causes. but now there's a criminal investigation into all of this, and it involves norovirus, not e. coli. >> abc's nick watt hasas that story. >> reporter: a federal criminal investigation into an outbreak at this simi valley, california, chipotle outlet, where we now know at least 234 people were sickened last summer. the beleaguered mexican grill chain recently served with a

the fda are on the case. >> the news that a subpoena was isissued to ipotle is not surprising in and of itself, because the department of justice is taking this so seriously, and it is definitely on their radar. >> reporter: the norovirus outbreak here first flagged august 20th. ththe restaunt was closed for a deep clean. a chipotle spokesperson told us, "as a matter of policy, we don't discuss pending legal action, but we will cooperate fully with this investigation." sales plunging 30% in december, after several highly publicized foodboborne illns outbreaks. just last month, more than 140 people laid low by norovirus in n boston, following a salmonella outbreak in miminnesota d two e. coli outbreaks in 12 states. since then, chipotle has made fundamental changes in the way vegetables are chopped, how chicken is marinated. now, even dipping all onions in boiling water.

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first up on the "skinny," last nit's people's choice awards. >> we had fans weighing in on their favoris from all around the world of pop culture. the big moment of the evening coming when vivin dieselepted the award for favorite movie of the year. >> he got really emotional citing the loss after his co-star paul walker and then closing his speech by singing a line from the movie's hit song. >> oh. it's been a long day without you, my friend and i'll tetell you a about it when i see you again >> sing it, brother,ing it. we're loving it. >> how sweet. it's emotional for him. >> it has been emotional. it's great that the fans loved that movie, as well. >> that it got chosen, absolutely. >> by the way, the other big moment of the night was when a

ladies -- >> i love it. >> -- of "the talk" during their acceptance speech. he didn't get much out before cheryl underwood kicked him off the stage ripped the mike back saying you're not going to pull no steve harvey up in here. not today, jesus. >> i think that we feel.l. they continued on. >> oh, that was so good. that was handled so well. no, no, you' not taking over our moment. >> yeah, not at all. all right. >> for years now, we've known that the music industry isn't doing quite as well as it used to. and nielsen is showing how exactly it's changing. it's no surprise that 2015's largest release by far was adele's album 1325" toelt totaling 8 million units. most surprising is how we're listening and discovering new music. >> vinyl sales up from last year 30%. streaming music got a bigger bump, 93% from last year with 317 billion. >> wow. >> streams.

might be surprised to know that radio is still the number one source of music discovery. so see, newspapers you hava future. >> right. i love it. also. >> big c comeback. so next donald trump proving that even though he is running for president, there is no twitter feud that is too small for him. so actor samuel l. jackson was asked in an interview who is a better golfer, he or trump. >> jackson responded by saying i am for sure. i don't cheat. trump apparently caught wind of this and did what he normally does when he gets annoyed by somebody. he took to twitter. and trump tweeted here. i don't know samuel l. jackson. to the best of my knowledge, i haven't played golf with him and think he does too manany tv commercials. boring, not a fan. remembered, tweeting i don't cheat at golf, but samuel l. jackson cheats with his game. trump added he doesn't like jackson's swing saying it's not athletic and adding that he's won many club championships.

athlete? >> just ask him, he'll tell you. >> right. now to a major milestone for the royal family. prince george's first day of school. proud parents prince william and duchess kate shared a couple of shots to mark the occasion. >> they grow up so fast. 2-year-old george attending the prestigious west acre montessori school known for encouraging creative thinking. >> a palace source says they think it's an ideal program for him. he is stinking cute. finally a quick update to our "skinny" stories yesterday. ter reports of a growth being removed from herer voc chord, janet jackson posting a video message saying she does not have cancer. her doctors cleared her to resume her tour this spring. >> oh, man, that is welcome news for a lot of her fans especially. >> a lot of people wishing and praying for her. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message.

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sharp dressed man >> head banger moves back in now. >> will and jada smith's son jayden is making headlines with a new look. what's he doing? >> we're having an air guitar contest. >> sporting a skirt for louis vuitton's women's wear campaign. >> deborah roberts has more on the young star sparking a fashion revolution. >> reporter: the karate kid growing up and making a mark in the fashion world. the newest face of louis itton's woman's line. yes, that's right. jaden smith is styling in ladies fashion. with this post on his instagram. thank you so much at louis viton and nicolas ghesquiere for the

world. >> we are seeing an evolution and we're also seeing fashion do what fashion loves to do which is to play with our expectations to tug on our prejudices and top surprise us. >> reporter: in a press release, represents a generation that has assilated the codes of true naturally to him as it would to a woman. the 17-year-old is known for stretching fashion boundaries from rocking dress-like outfits to dressing up as batman for the prom. his dad will smith telling ellen degeneres how he and wife jada support all their children's choices. >> we decided a long time ago it's sort of better to flow with what people are naturally more than like what our egos need them to be. >> jayden telling gq in june, i'm just expressing how i feel

particular way becausere day it changes how i feel about the world and myself. deborah roberts, abc news, new yo. wow, i think that's interesting. he always does have so much support from his parents either way. >> he does. >> men's fashion revolutn maybe. >> absolutely. maybe we'll wear a kilt or something a little bit later. >> maybe you. >> oh, i would be screaming, too. what in the world? >> why didn't you tie your shoes in that picture? you're going to fall down in your dress. >> what in the world is that outfit? i look sort of like a cross from run-d.m.c. from the '80s and

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morning on "rld news now." no winner in last night's $500 million powerll lottery drawing. so that means as it rolls over to saturday's game with a jackpot heading for the record books. more about what you can expect in just a moment. >> congressional republicans have made good on a campaign promise voting to repeal obamacare and cut off funding for planned parenthood. but president obama has already said he will veto the bill. >> another quick end to the trading day for china's stock market. after only half an hour this morning, shares were down more than 7%, triggering an automatic shutdown. investors are worried about china's economy. and a man tried to crash a party at last night's people's choice awards climbi on stage while the hosts of "the talk" were accepting their award. sharon osbourne dispatching him with that kick. those are some of the top sties on this thursday, january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we begin this half hour with

which turned out to be a big disappointment for those hoping to have the winning ticket. >> to win it all. >> the good news for saturday's game has really ballooned into an estimated $675 million. that by the way, the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. powerball vendors were busy selling tickets right up till last night's drawing. millions of people hoping for a chance to get rich quick. so now those dreams will have to wait till saturday. >> if d you been holding that winning ticket, the numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63, pour ball number 17. >> as of last night, your odds of winning was 292 million, 1 in 292 million. so your odds of winning saturday's jackpot is even greater. >> whoa. the mathematician has spoken, folklks.

>> you're a human calculator. >> so the jackpot will be at least $675 million. we'll all bebe buying ckets and crying come saturday at 11:00. >> i'm going to be cheering. >> let's turn to the other big stor that a lot o of peoplere paying attention to. fueled storms raking across southern california. >> my husband says he's never seen rain like this four days of rentless rain has flooded freeways, triggered mud slides in those parched fire zones. the thing is, it's not ovever. our coverage begins now with abc's matt gutman. >> wow, look at that. >> reporter: the rain pummeling california. this freeway under water. the deluluge stranng cars. this truck pushing one under a bridge. strong storms snapping power lines and downing trees, pinning cars. and snarling traffic. nearly two dozen weather-r-related crashes reported. those el nino storms delivering so much volume. breaking through the walls of that l.a. restaurant. in old town san diego, the water

storm drains turned into geysers and roadways into rivers. >> i felt my car slightly lift off and i just felt all the water and then i was like, i n't -- i can't move. >> reporter: a record number of acres have burned this fire season, leaving mountains like that barren. it's like water hitting a parking lot. the result? mud like this, and more mudslides and floods headed this way. and in their path, these neighborhoods. the mud breaking through barriers, threatening ed hindline's house. >> this is the end game. we're going to have terrible mudslides and clean it up. or we're going to have a mudslide that's going to hit and it's going to knock the house off the foundation. we'll probably lose the home. >> reporter: this is the l.a. river normally just arickle of water in a concrete canyon. but because of all of this rain, it is now surging with 150 times its average amount of water. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> wow, that's a place we're

>> we know that location in paicular. that is impressive to see the river like that. >> i've seen it completely dry at times. a trickle of water, that's a full river now. so it is really one storm after another hitting the west coast. >> and the radar shows a wide region getting hit from northern california to phphoenix. accuweather's justin povick is tracking it all. justin, what do you know? >> kayna and kendis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. another storm system impacting the southwest here late week on thursday, this one too bringing with it an equally strong punch with wind, heavy mountain snow and soaking flooding rains. the rains will be confined to the lower elevations but travel delays continue from san francisco to l.a. and points eastbound.d. eventually this storm system will take shape over the northern plains where it will inindeed be ld enough for some snow and some of that can be hey as we ahead into the dakotas. this taking shape later on today but especially into tomorrow into portions of minnesota. for the weekend, this is rare. january we're talking about rarain. and a big rainstorm for the

kayna and kendis, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >> we move on now to the neighbor and the accused accomplice of the terror couple who carried out the san bernardino attacks pleading not guilty. enrique marquez is accused of buying rifles used in that attack and for conspireing to provide material support to terrorists. the judge ordered him totand trial next month. if convicted he could face 50 years behind bars. the texas state trooper in the middle of a controversial traffic stop has been charged. brian encinia faces perjury charges and dismissal accused of lying about how he removed sandra bland from her car back in july. bland was found dead three days later in her jail cell. the grand jury already decided not to charge police or jailers connection with the death which was ruled a suicide. >> los angeles prosecutors will not charge bill cosby with sesexually asing two teenagers. the allegations were from

1965. prosecutors say there was lack of evidence and too much time had passed. the decision follows the criminal charges filed in a 2004 case against cosby in pennsylvania. that case cosby's lawyers insist heill be clearared of. also, a hospital in tallahassee, florida, is under fire now for tossing out a woman who desperately needed medical help, ignoring her pleas as she collapsed on the pavement of the parking lot and the police officer who dragged her out reportedly said that she was faking it. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this disturbing dash cam video from outside this hospital in the florida panhandle is mostly sounds. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: but you can clearly hear the painful cries of this woman, 57-year-old barbara daon, as police and medical staff were throwing her out of the building december 21st. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: she was begging them to stay, but the medical

anything was wrong. >> please, sir. >> would you please put your hands -- >> they begged you to leave and you wouldn't do it. >> reporter: as they put her in handcuffs, which you can see in these photos, she kept saying g she couldn't breathe. >> you haven't been hooked up for awhile and you've been breathing just fine. >> reporter: what no one knew, only confirmed later by an autopsy, was that a blood clot in her lung was s killing r. her family says ththere are words and they plan to sue. so this will not happen to anyone else. >> reporter: in statements, the police are saying that their officer isn't a trained medical professional, and did his job. while the hospital is saying that their thoughts and prayers are with the family. the family, of course, wisheshey were this thoughtful a little earlier. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> now to a developing story out of syria where r residentsf one besieged town say they are literally being starved to death. up to 30,000 people have been trapped inside the town under

president bashar al assad. many families are said to be so desperate they're eating grass and leaves and killing and eating their pets. wow. >> also in paris, memorials are being held today remembering the 17 people killed in the "charlie hebdo" attacks. exactly a year ago. french president francois hollande was there for the ceremonies but this morning, the vatican calling the cover of the magazine's anniversary issue blasphemous. the magazine suggests that g is t real assassin saying the very idea of god is what fueled the hatred leading to the attas. stayg overseas there are noww doubts about north korea's bombshell announcements.experts say the wave was too small for a hydrogen bomb test. still, the explosion was condemned by the united nations security council and others even china appearing upset and supported the u.n. resolution.

korea's strongest ally on the security council will allow new economic sanctions. a major development from the pentagon honoring american heroes. the department of defense is reviewing momore than 00 medals awarded since 9/11 possibly upgrading some to the medal of honor. the pentagon is recognizing servicemen and women for their courage in combat. 17 medals of honor have been awarded to iraq and afghanistan service members since 2001. bad news for the oil industry but good news for you. crude oil prices plunged again yesterday some hitting their lowest point since the recession. it was more because of falling demand than any problems in the mideast. analysts say the drop could mean another ten cents a gallon less for gasoline. the national average this morning is around $2. >> so a mystery has been solved in downtown chicago ovethe sudden appearance of an igloo. >> it's a bit of a ramshackle

seemingly came out of nowhere. >> turning up in the median inside the famed loop. so people at first thought that it was built by a homeless person. >> yeah, but as it turns out, it's the product of a man named david sudler who lives in a high-rise across the street. it took him 15 hours to saw and chisel sheets of ice and haul them into place. >> i feel like that's kind of cool. >> it is kind of cool. mystery solved. >> how much time do you think he's spending in there instead of his high-rise? >> zero. zero. >> a bit of a tourist attraction now. >> coming up, birthday wishes from you to us as "world news now" celebrates 24 years on the air. >> my, oh my. also ahead, get your geek on at this week's consumer electronics show where the d developerare bringing virtual reality to the masses. get our take on the big reveal >> absolutely. but first outragege at the airport after a 10-year-old girl pulled aside for a security guard's patdown. was the tsa out of line after another look at our forecast

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>> reporter: it's not something we see every day. a 10-year-old girl patted down by a tsa officer. her father watching and recording. >> it was excessive. it was invasive. i was pretty much boiling, you know, in my y head. >> reporter: at the raleigh airport two days beforore the ne year, a juice pouch inside his daughter's b set off an alarm. then, a phone from that bag falsely tested positive for explives, leading to the pado. >> i was very unhappy with it and i was confused. >> reporter: that pat-down lasting 1 minute, 48 seconds. >> thank you for your patience. i appreciate it. >> okay. thank you for doing your job. >> reporter: tsa, in a statement, says its procedures allow a pat-down of a child under certain circumstances, and that this pat-down followed approved procedures. >> getting screened by the tsa. >> reporter: payne says he complied at security, but after returning home became convinced tsa policy should change. payne did not fill out an online complaint form. he says he's working

deliver a complaint directly to the tsa. david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. >> so this dad before he brought it to our attention, he actually pu it on youtube to see what other people's reaction was because he was upset but he wasn't sure if it was overreacting. it's been mixed. some pple saying i'd rather be safe than sorry. >> i think i've seen young kids get patted down before. >> they've changed their policies to make it so that that doesn't happy very often but it does. >> we've seen many of your comments. please continue to send them to us. coming up, the top tech gadgets of 2016 being rolled out at the consumer electronics show. >> our tech contributor is here with the big headlines out of vegas. that's next on "world news now." >> "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. continues

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that's the most cool thing about it. the price tag, a little bit of sticker shock there. the oculis rift is going to retail for $600. >> what? is there gold in that? >> yeah. >> sit's not for the faint of heart. there are cheaper versions, too. >> something kendis and i are both interested is the wearable tech. especially the fitness technology that's available out there.e. >> we saw a lot of fitness tracrs, smart watches so far. there's more of the same but now the difference is that you're going to see a lot more integrated smart wearables t that are part of like clothing items that you wear every day. >> a smart bra. >> there's a smart bra, , samsung came out with a smart belt. your waist size to you every day. >> no! >> if you're watching your weight and trying to get better about ing on track, staying fit, this belt that you can wear with like a regular pair of

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>> the back-to-back storms causing floods and mudslides across c californiand yet another el nino storm slamming the coast. get today's warning from accuweather. campaign cononflict. ted cruz born in canada and getting heat from donald trump. the political battle and the explanation from cruz. >>football warnings. the wife of a 25-year-old college athlete, the victim of severe brain trauma, has an important message about safety on the field. first breaking news about the $524 million powerball drawing just hours ago. we didn't win. neither did you, by the way. the big ws this s morning,bout the next jackpot. it's thursday, january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, oh, good morning, everybody. it'shursday. ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. and if you happen to be holding g a powerball ticket like we are,

how many numbers did we get right? >> we got zero. >> zero. it's worth about this much. i thought it would be a lot more dramatic than that. >> sitting next to you is kind of dramatic. i wish everybody could have witnessed the setup that this took. >> it's always bigger in person. >> yeah. >> on tv, it just doesn't translate. >> i really appreciate your enthusiasm. >> we'll try again for saturday. >> don't pull a muscle. >> or a hernia. too late. yeah, i mean, $675 million the big jackpot. >> i'm buying another one. >> yeah, of course we will. >> so you get another chanance saturday because t the prizehe said will be an estimated $675 million. the largest jackpot in u.s. history and up till last night's drugging, powerball players were out t in force buying a shot at financial freedom hoping they would have the right combination of numbers

it was just not to be. >> just so you know, the winning numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 >> much more about our frustrtration inhe lottery frenzy ahead. the numbers you should pick also and the ones you shoulskip when you buy your next ticket. we'll talk about that in the nextxt half ho. of course, we want to get to a lot of people on the west coast paying attention to this. blasting through southern california. >> the heavy rains triggered mud slides, flooded roads. multiple lanes of the 5 freeway in the san fernando valley were closed for several hours. looked like they turned the freeway into a canal. >> farther north, heavy rains in the bay area have been making driving treacherous. sand bags are on stand by and more rain on the way. abc's brandi hitt leads off our coverage this morning. >> reporter: a super soaking in

>> we go around. >> reporter: heavy downpours floodingng roads a entire freeways. >> it's down to just the left lane open. >> reporter: leaving drivers stranded many with the same story. >> i saw cars going through it. so i thought oh, i'm fine. >> reporter: look at this big rig rescue a smaller car. this driver got a push from e highway patrol. the back to back el nino storms delivering so much rain, water broke through the walls of this restaurant. the saturated ground toppling one tree after the next on to cars as emergency crews also rescue the homeless cked out along fast rising rivers. >> we was overcome by water. waist to chest deep water and they were hypothermic. >> reporter: the concern now mud slides at recent wildfire burn areas, sliding mud is threatening homes. many families hoping sand bags will save them. and while this crew tries to protect rescue dogs in ventura, others are using the heavy rain and mud to their advantage.

woods yet. more rain is in store for this week. a welcome sight for drought-stricken california, but too much too fast,, and this is what happens, kendndis and kayna. >> brandi, thank you so much. the system so powerful it actually unleashed waterspouts. >> one by one. look at this. the funnels were spotted off the coast of san diego but did not move ashore. there were several of them there. accuweather's justin povick has the latest storm warnings. good morning. >>ayna and kendis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. we're tracking more storminess. hard to believe in the southwest again on this thursday. tracking heavy rain in the valleys and very heavy snow continuing in the mountainous terrain. lots of travel delays coming up. south plains and the gulf coast region looking at gusty thunderstorms as well with soaking showers. kayna and kendis, back to you. >> justin, thank you. also, breaking overnight for the

about a half an hour after the exchange opened the shanghai index down more than 7% because of worries about china's economy. the central bank again devalued the country's currency and this morning other asian marks are down. tlanchlth id, north korea's claim of a nuclear bomb test doesn't seem to be a factor in the stock market slide perhaps because there are doubts it ever happened. the white house doesn't believe the claim. the u.s. immedediately launched so-called nuclear sniffer planes to determine whether the claims are true. the investigation could take months, but already many are skeptical.. >>he repted size of the detonation is relatively modest, comparable to the tests that north korea carried out in 2013 which i think led many experts to assume this is, in fact, probably a much cruder device rather than a fully fledged hydrogen bomb. >> true or not, the united

condemned north korea for the test. the question now is morning, whether the north's chief backer china is willing to allow stiffer sanctions as punishment. a bill to repeal obamacare is heading for the president's desk where he's sure to veto it. it also blocks funding for planned parenthood. the house vote was pretty much a straight party-line vote on a measure the senate passed last year. neither margin was enough to overturn the veto. however, democrats say it's political theater. moving now more political theater but on the campaign trail. donald trump is now shifting his focus for the moment away from the clintons and to his closest challenger, ted cruz. he'sow asking the same questions of the texas senator that he once asked of president obama. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump saying his toughest challenger, senator ted cruz, has a, quote, cloud over his head. >> do you believe senator ted cruz is a natul born citizen? to be honest. >> reporter: trump now warningng the fact that cruz was born in canada. >> he's got this cloud ovehis head.

possible for him to do very well. i don't think it's actually possible for the republicans to let happen, because he'll have this cloud. >> reporter: in iowa, cruz, whose mother is an american citizen, firing back. >> the child of f a u.u.s. cizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. people will continue to make political noise about it, but as a legal matter, it is quite straightforward. >> reporter: trump famously used the birther issue against president obama, challenging him to prove he wasn't born in kenya. but just last year, trump himself told abc news that cruz doesn't have a problem. >> it's fine. i hear that it was checked out by every attorney and everery which way and i understand ted is in fine shape. >> reporter: but back then, cruz was trailing badly. some polls have cruz leading in iowa, and we were one on one with him on his campaign bus, asking about trump. >> i'm not going to psycho analyze donald trump. my view -- if others -- >> reporter: if he sees you as a threat?

>> reporter: cruz has tried his best to ignore trump's attack. the fiery texas senator energizing iowa republicans an his consecutive base. we were there when a woman broke down in tears just talking to him. >> reporter: but some republicans worry cruz is too polarizing unwilling to compromise with congress to win in a national election. >> donald trump says a judge could settle this whole issue but at the time cruz is not taking the bait. i asked him again go babout this, and he says the issue is settled. if he's elected he can become president by law. tom llamas, abc news, spencer, iowa. on the democratic side, all three presidential candidates turned out for a dinner in las vegas last night co-hosted by harry reid. however, it was not a debate. hillary clinton, vermont senator bernie sanders and martin o'malley each made their case to a friendly audience about their plans to grow the middle class, protect medicare and social security and create jobs. well, the pic and snubs of baseball's hall of fame have sparked debate in the sports

ken griffey jr., though, picked up the highest total ever. 630 home runs, alsvoted in mike piazza, considered the game's greatest hitting catcher. not making it to cooperstown this year, if you want to call him the home run king, barry bonds bonds. then seven-cy young award winner roger clemens both tainted by steroid use. i saw a lot of congratulations for ken griffey junior. apparently he had to wait almost 30 minutes for the call. they have video of him sitting there wait for the call. >> amazing to see how excited those guys get. by the way, sammy sosa got 31 more votes than the rest of us would have got. >> and also a good point. coming up "the mix," the hidden stash of cash chewed up and the hungry dog in big trouble. >> oh, my gosh. als ahead, we are returning to our top story, the anticipatn leading to last night's powerball drawing and the numbers to pick for this weekend's historic jackpot. > first, demands for safety on

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this is a three-story victorian and the roofing beneath him gave way. nearly engulfing him. amazingly though he was able to scramble to safety. he didn't have a scratch on him m thks in part to crew mates who helped him on to a ladder and away from danger. that's incredible. that could have turned out so much differently. so differently. over the past ar, we've been reporting on the dangers hated with football on the brain. we have seen young players suddenly die and retire pros from a degenerative disease called ct. >> it's not just professional players who can suffer from this serious sease. ryan smith with more. >> i didn't know why all this was happening to him. >> reporter: cassandndra keck knows how football can change lives. >> it hurt me to see him struggle so much. >> her husband micichael dietwo years ago at just 25 years old of a congenital heart ailment. doctors announcing this week in

from cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a a degerave brain disease connected to taking hits on the football field. >> he was certainly the worst case i've seen with this disease undeder the agof 30. >> reporter: dr. ann mckey has studied over 100 brains including michael's. >> when you see this disease in a person that young, it's surprising even shocking. >> reporter: cte, identified only after death, has been found in numerous nfl playerlike hall of famers frank gifford and junior seau and is rarely seen in amateur players like michael keck. but experts say moments like these show amateurs aren't immune to the perils of contact football. look at this video. a hit michael told cassandra was one of his hardest. he flies at an opponent, slamming into him. colliding with such force, parts of his helmet break off. >> he had way more than ten concussions.

quit college football after suffering one too many hard hits. >> he was seeing stars and had sensitivity to light all the time. he had a lot of anger. it was impulsive. >> reporter: they turned to doctors,s, but cassandra says test results came up empty. >> i was so mad that nobody could help him. it was upsetting he felt so alone. >> reporter: her life now changed forever. her 5-year-old son too young to remember his dad. >> first thing i thought of when he decide, he won't get to ever meet him. >> reporter: but she says michael did not die in vain. >> letting people know that this disease is out there. you don't know how many hits or how many concussions away you are from getting a disease like there. that's what's so scary. it could happen to anyone. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> if it's happening to a 25-year-old, it could happen to anyone. alright. coming up, more heartburn for chipotle. the restaura now in the mile of a criminal investigation after hundreds of people were sickened last summer.

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ever hide money from the other one? like cold hard cash? this guy in china tried to hide more than $500 from his wife. hid it in their couch. >> okay. makes sense. >> then they're taking care of somebody's dog. >> oh. >> and the dog got into the couch. and then destroyed all of the money. again, thiis in china. so you're not looking at american dollars there. you're looking at $500 just shredded by this dog. i mean, maybe you shouldn't have covered it in peanut butter. i don't know. >> is that what he did? >> tells his wife about it by the way, and i guess she wasn't mad. >> i have one queson about this. one. why did the -- why did he hide it from his wife? >> he didn't say. all he would say is that i hid it from her. did not want to elaborate why. he was a smart guy, he would say he was saving to buy her someththing pret. >> got a lot of explaining to do. take a look at this 10-year-old prodigy.

classical music agency. >> she's incredible. >> sounds pretty good. she's been playing the violin and the piano since she was 2 and 3 years old. way to go. good luck. >> she's astounding. also, move over, grumpy cat. we want to introduce everybody to pearl. pearl is apparently the angry cat. >> she looks cute. >> scary. anybody watch "true blood" out there? apparently she's adopted. 6 years old, to a family that loves her. they say she's very sweet. can the cat garner the internet fame grumpy cat has. >> she doesn't look like that angry. looks like.

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drawininto record territory.y. soaking storms pounding the west coast. rain triggered mudslides and flooded highways. a rescuer using a tractor to pull people to safety and another round of rain hitting today. caught on camera, a frightening moment for firefighters surrounded by flames and smoke and then falling through a roof. a rude interruption. move over, kanye west. there's a new stage crasher, this time at last night's people's choice awards. and we do say good thursday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm kayna whitworth. i'm in for reena ninan this morning. and if you were hoping t that you would be rich enough this morning to quit your job, you are out of luck. unfortunately, nobobody

powerball numbers in last night's half billion dollar drawing. >> wow, so weird to say half a billion dollars. jackpowill be a monsr. $675 million, the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. you saw these scenes all throughout the last day or so, people lined up until last night's deadline. the powerball players were on fire with lotty fever, you might say. most buying multiple tickets for a shot at financial freedom, but with the odds at about 1 in 292 million, they had a better chance at becoming president of the united states. those odds, by the way, are just 1 in 10 llion. for the record, last night's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 and the powerball, 17. all right. so now moving on to a serious weather situation that's developing on the west coast. >> and tre's so many different things they're dealing with, flooding, tornadoes, mudslides and swamped highways all from a series of storms clobbering the coast. el nino slammng drought-parched california. >> i lived he about a year.

gotten >> overnight the pounding surf if san francisco causing concern in the high tide. raging waters surrounding a van north of los angeles. a man in a tractor coming to the rescue pulling two women to safety through the window. this morning, in pasadena a lalarge homen the verge of disaster. the soaked earth beneatht giving way as mud slides down the hillside. >> we already prepared everything so in case we have to leave. so far we stay around, but it looks like we have more rain and i don't know if we'll be safe or not. >> the l.a. river normally looking like this from drought back to life and raging again. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: this is the l.a. river normally just a trickle of water in a concrete canyon but right now pushing 150 times its average amount of wateter. >> and n near r santcruzuildings damaged from a rare tornado and off the coast of san diego, twin waterspouts spinning over the pacific. some amazing images coming from southern california and the

that rain is not letting up yet. a wave of storms nearly the entire length of the state of lifornia is marching relentlessly eastward with the heaviest rains today in the extreme southern parts of f that state. well, there are widespread doubts about north korea's claim of a hydrogen bomb test. experts think it was another type of nuclear device but still has the international community upset with north korea. even china, its closest ally. more now from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: not likely a hydrogen bomb. that's the latest word from the intelligence community. [ speaking a foreign language ] this south korean lawmaker saying a hydrogen bomb should have registered at least 50 kilotons of power. >> it looks like this was more around 6 or 7 kilotons, far too small to be ev a failed h bomb. >> reporter: here's why, a hydrogen bomb bomb is a thousand times more powerful than the

hiroshima or nagasaki. it has never been used in war. still, north korea was celebratory on the eve of leader kim jong-un's birthday. [ speaking a foreign language ] the international condemnation has been swift. the united nations security council holding an emergency meeting and even their closest ally, china, rebukes northth korea. the u.s. immediately launched nuclear sniffer and surveillance planes to help determine what was tested and how the u.s. should respond. >> we will continue to work, believe it or not, with the chinese and the international community to continue to make it so that it becomes an increasingly higher price for being the one nation in the world out of the world. >> reporter: but to be clear even if this was a lesser device, it is still believed to be the fourth time since 2 2006 that north korea has tested a nuclear bomb. kayna, kendis. >> all right, lana zak reporting for us from washington, d.c., thank you so much.

breaking overnight. there was yet another automatic shutdown of china's main stock market this morning. the shanghai index was down more than 7%, not because of north korea, by the way, but because china's central bank again devalued the currency. investors see it as another sign of problems in china's economy. u.s. stocks are set to open sharply lower in just a few hours. back-to-back earthquakes rattled oklahoma and nearby states last night. they were centered just south of the border with kansas and felt in that state, as well as texas coming 30 seconds apart. both measured 4.7 and 4.8. scientis have linked seismic activity in kansas and oklahoma to underground disposal of oil drilling wastewater, a by-product of fracking. there are no reports of damage. and you might say there is a growing seismic shake-up inside the republican race for the white house. donald trump for the moment is shifting his focus away from the clintons and is now turning up the heat on his closest challenger, ted cruz. he's raising the same issue with

did with president obabama. his country of origin and his eligibility for office. >> he's talking about, you know, that you were born in canada, not criticizing it but saying you could have problems with that. y do you think he's doing that? >> look, i'm not going to try to psychoanalyze donald trump. you know, my view, if others -- >> do you think he sees you as a threat? >> you know, you'd have to ask him that. >> that said, most legal scholars maintain that cruz is in the clear despite his canadian birthplace, but the issue isn't 100% settled as the courts have never definitively defined what natural born citin really means. on the other side of the aisle, vice president joe biden voicing regrets about his decision not to run for president. in an interview with a connecticut tv station, biden says he regrets that decision every day. but in the end it was the right decision for him and for his family. asked to weigh in on the democratic race, biden would only say of sanders and clinton,

candidates. still ahead here this mornin another dramatic drop likely coming to the gas pump. and caught on camera, a firefighter climbing on a roof battli alaze when suddenly the roof gives way. also, a plane packed with passengers, the door suddenly opening midflight. sfx: rocket blasting off (ding) (dong) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) sfx: (countdown) 3, 2, 1 (ding) (ding) (ding)

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